UP: Apple CEO Tim Cook had the biggest compensation package -- by a whole lot! For taking over the reins from the late Steve Jobs, Cook received $377.9 million last year in total compensation, up from $59 million in 2010. His salary is still just a lowly $900,000, with some $376 million coming in vesting stock options.
UP: Disney's Bob Iger said he would remain at the Mouse House through 2016 as the company's chairman. His reward? A compensation package that swelled 12 percent to $31.4 million. Of course, like Cook, some of that comes in performance-based stock awards and options.
FLAT: Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is the best deal in Silicon Valley. The billionaire innovator's salary was a mere $81,800, although his total compensation grew to roughly $1.7 million thanks to security and travel-related awards.
DOWN: Jeffery Katzenberg's compensation package dropped 40 percent to $4 million as his animation studio struggled with the downturn in the DVD market and fierce competition in the family film space.
UP: CBS chief Les Moonves became the highest-paid Hollywood executive for overseeing the most-watched network in America and surviving the Charlie Sheen/"Two and a Half Men" mess. His total compensation stands at $69.9 million, thanks to an eye-popping $27.5-million bonus.
UP: Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer's compensation more than doubled to $7.9 million, but the mini-major's share price did, too. After the box-office success of "The Hunger Games," that's a deal most investors will take.
DOWN: Don't weep for Philippe Dauman. The Viacom CEO saw his total compensation halved in 2011, but it still topped out at $43.1 million. There are pay cuts ... and then there are pay cuts.
UP: Rupert Murdoch saw his compensation increase nearly 47 percent to $33.3 million thanks to a $12.5-million bonus. Ironically, that hike managed to coincide with a nasty phone-hacking scandal that has created legal headaches for News Corp. across the Atlantic.
DOWN: Jeff Bewkes enjoyed a 34 percent bump in 2010, so last year he shaved a little off the top. The Time Warner chief was rewarded with a compensation package of $25.9 million in a year that saw the end of the Harry Potter franchise.
After the recession hit, media moguls made a big show of taking pay cuts.
Well, those days are over. An investigation into public filings shows that most CEOs of entertainment and technology companies are helping themselves to big compensation packages, even though their company's share prices and profits are flat or falling.
While a few did see their packages reduced last year, by and large it was another good year to be king.
Here's a look at who's up and who's down when it comes to executive compensation.
